The Zune Is Finally Deadhttp://www.businessinsider.com/zune-2011-3/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:25:38 -0400Dan Frommerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d9b3c6fcadcbb73153f0000cocooTue, 05 Apr 2011 11:59:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d9b3c6fcadcbb73153f0000
I've only just bought the Zune HD - since it finally makes sense for me now WP7 is out - and I'm blown away by the media experience. Apps aside, the media experience is VASTLY superior to what Apple offers. You get the best of both worlds - the good of a managed library, without the evils of a piece of software which insists on hogging the file structure to itself.
And the HD actually represents a very cool UX, one that's the most thought out of all the players out there, including - yes, Apple.<a href="http://audioconverter0.blogspot.com/">14</a>/<a href="http://elgin1.blogspot.com/">15</a>/<a href="http://prophethood1.blogspot.com/">11</a>/<a href="http://tahahosen.blogspot.com/">12</a>/<a href="http://manchesterutd00.blogspot.com/">16</a> I know why I couldn't get into Zune earlier, but now I have I'm really happy with it. In terms of portable stash, WP7 for general appery, some media and phone, Zune for the bulk of media stuff.
I for one would love to see an HD2. Failing that, and if this info is real, I'll settle for a phoneless WPhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d89e17d49e2ae81791c0000asicsningWed, 23 Mar 2011 08:03:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d89e17d49e2ae81791c0000
http://www.mbtusafootwear.com/http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d87ff96ccd1d58a61000000mbtfootwearMon, 21 Mar 2011 21:47:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d87ff96ccd1d58a61000000
http://www.mbtfootwearusa.comhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d87dabbccd1d5145b020000Mark S.Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:09:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d87dabbccd1d5145b020000
Why should Microsoft focus on WP7 and not Zune? Should apple kill of the iPod and focus on the Phone? I have an iPod and a Zune HD and I prefer most things about the Zune, iTunes is a mess. And why would I want to drain my phone battery when I can much more play time from the Zune, or any media player that is?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d80691449e2ae4e620c0000ChemWed, 16 Mar 2011 03:39:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d80691449e2ae4e620c0000
So no linkedin profile from Mr Apple PR?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d80455149e2ae7448120000Jeremy WaWed, 16 Mar 2011 01:06:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d80455149e2ae7448120000
It is always late because it is a lazy, fat, obtuse monopoly with an FU attitude. The BloatFarmers always think: They have no alternative; they HAVE to use our software.
Earth to BloatFarm: Not any longer.
Give it 5 more years and the rotten, rancid bloatfarm will be only a bad memory.
Remember PlatysForSure? Zune? Encarta? SPoT? Money? All were third rate BloatTrash. All are gone
Soon Broken Windows will be gone.
Did I mention that the sweaty, obnoxious, Sr. Bloatfarmer (Em)Ballmer will be a bad memory, too?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d803f8549e2aeda43180000AlessandroWed, 16 Mar 2011 00:41:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d803f8549e2aeda43180000
lol to everything stated above. sorry to microsoft you've fought well, youre products were superb but ur not fashionable enough for little tweens nor cool enough to be around 20 year olds trying to make something of a name for themselves in business nor are u sparkly enough for the older generation of noncomputer savvy midlife crisis folks striving to relive their glory days in college. Its too bad. Computers have become a cult item and sadly microsoft missed the boat. You gotta be hip and stylish to make the market grow. Microsoft has everything going for it that deters those who want a computer that says "I am sexy, i am stylish" while also hinting "I have a life." PCs, while geared with a large amount of power and ability and packed with a punch, dont say "hey I party on fridays." They also dont say "I brought sexy back." Note to Microsoft: start targeting people who want your computers, true intelligent people who realize the power of having a computer rather than using it to surf for porn or look over their facebook 24/7. Continue to innovate, make your mark. Dont settle for the meaningless junk that Apple mass produces daily. Dont settle for the lowlives that have joined the cult of idiots carrying around their little mp3 players just to play Angry Birds. If you really wanna make a statement, do it your way. Be hip, be cool, be different.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d800ee24bd7c8094d100000davewriteTue, 15 Mar 2011 21:14:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d800ee24bd7c8094d100000
ha, you are the dumbest dork around.
you quote wikipedia as your source, I quote wikipedia as mine and you say my source is not reputable.
?????
So businessweek is not reputable to you, then what's the point, Fortune magazine, Forbes will be same thing.
lol.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ffa05cadcbb8b450a0000chilled to the boneTue, 15 Mar 2011 19:45:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ffa05cadcbb8b450a0000
If any of you remember Ballmer derided the ipod when it was launched back in 2001. Then in Nov of 2006 MS came out with their own player. Then they had the audacity to pit themselves against the ipod as if they were battling it from the get go.
SMH!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7fdac14bd7c8d144110000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 17:31:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7fdac14bd7c8d144110000
Hey still waiting for you to post a reputable source.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7fa119ccd1d50d2b010000Consultor de empresasTue, 15 Mar 2011 13:25:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7fa119ccd1d50d2b010000
i dont know why microsoft are always late than apple. They develop internet explorer 9 for 2 years and i can bet that wont be better than any other browser, especially for webdesigners.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f9907ccd1d509290f0000davewriteTue, 15 Mar 2011 12:51:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f9907ccd1d509290f0000
articles I've quoted
so ALL those links are lying through their teeth?
man you are delusional
you cite wikipedia
that's a confirmed source?????
wikipedia is made from contributed articles from the general public you mor*n,
it's no different from all those sources I supplied.
Also did you know that microsoft has been caught trying to ALTER wikipedia pages it does not like?
TechCrunch (techcrunch is a paid site and quite reputable)
Jan 24, 2007
"There’s been a discussion over the last few days over a Microsoft employee offering to pay an Australian blogger named Rick Jelliffe to edit certain Wikipedia pages relating to Open Office standards,"
BUT if you WANT WIKIPEDIA....
HERE WIKIPEDIA on Foxconn:
"Foxconn makes consumer electronics for a number of famous-name companies. The following is an incomplete list."
Apple Inc. (United States) [19][7][20]
Acer (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)
Asus (Taiwan)
Intel (United States)
Cisco (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States) [21][20]
Dell (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)
Nokia (Finland) [19]
Microsoft (United States)
Sony (Japan)
Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden) [20]
Samsung (Korea)
Vizio (United States)
SEE THAT? Microsoft (United States)
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn</a>
since you say yours is a CONFIRMED source I've just given you the SAME source Wikipedia you provided.
But if you want others:
Here BUSINESSWEEK (are you going to say businessweek is not a reputable source?)
"For the image-conscious companies with which Foxconn does business, including IBM (IBM), Cisco (CSCO), Microsoft (MSFT), Nokia (NOK), Sony, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), and Apple (AAPL), the suicides were a public-relations nightmare and a challenge to offshoring strategies essential to their bottom lines."
<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b4195058423479.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b4195058423479.htm</a>
I can find sources like that with no trouble, Msft manufacturers at Foxconn and you are wrong. Deal with it,
before you go rude and have things like STFU why don't you check around?
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again who is the idiot?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f640b49e2ae7c5d010000Sea BearTue, 15 Mar 2011 09:05:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f640b49e2ae7c5d010000
sad...
It really was a better music player than the Ipod, unfortunately it never had the wealth of accessories.
Between Nike+ and the ability to plug the Ipod into the stereo in my car and bike, the Ipod won out, but for Video or music, the Zune was awsome.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f5883cadcbbf327040000TYTue, 15 Mar 2011 08:16:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f5883cadcbbf327040000
Just learn to read, please.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f57bdcadcbbd827030000TheMan888Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:12:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f57bdcadcbbd827030000
Check again. MSFT does use Foxconn. This is only one of many errors in your comment.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f53c34bd7c8402b020000Jeremy WaTue, 15 Mar 2011 07:55:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f53c34bd7c8402b020000
There is a place far beyond obtuse which is inhabited by people like you who cannot understand simple English. Let me state it: I have no connection with Apple; I have no LinkedIn because I do not need/want it.
If I thought you had a skull into which to insert that information, I would suggest getting it there.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f48fe4bd7c87927150000dharmaTue, 15 Mar 2011 07:09:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f48fe4bd7c87927150000
Wow, you really refuse to lose face don't you? I know it probably hurts where your ass used to be, but I think you should be thankful that Dave decided to hand it back to you.
Anyway, here's some more sources that may fit your criteria (but I'm guessing with how hard you're fighting, it won't...):
<a href="http://kotaku.com/#!5661699/turmoil-in-the-land-where-your-consoles-are-made" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://kotaku.com/#!5661699/turmoil-in-the-land-where-your-consoles-are-made</a>
"Foxconn assembles the Xbox 360, the PS3, the Nintendo Wii and the iPhone, among many other electronic devices."
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/27/how-to-make-an-ipod-dock-for-your-xbox-360-part-ii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/27/how-to-make-an-ipod-dock-for-your-xbox-360-part-ii/</a>
"During the course of this project we discovered that the 360 fit perfectly inside the box. This is an interesting coincidence since Foxconn manufactures the Xbox 360's internal metal shell."
I know I'm just setting myself up to have you tell me that these sources don't employ "real" journalists, or shoot me some semantic bull about bloggers versus journalists, so I'll just press the "Ignore" button now.
Anyway, Dave, nice one. Internet high five.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f484a49e2ae873a0e0000Duane in FremontTue, 15 Mar 2011 07:06:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f484a49e2ae873a0e0000
Is that why the 'top dog' and fair to all employees MS was sued by their contractors some years ago for keeping them as contractors forever and never giving them benefits?
<a href="http://management.about.com/library/weekly/aa072897.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://management.about.com/library/weekly/aa072897.htm</a>
And is that why Microsoft was found guilty of breaking labor laws in China last year?
<a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/company-focus/2010/04/20/253249/China-factories.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/company-focus/2010/04/20/253249/China-factories.htm</a>
Most companies have some level of shady dealing and employer exploiting. No ones hands are clean. Know your facts before spouting and stop trying to look popular by giving fasle statements and that you know 'dozens of guys' here and there.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f3b1ecadcbbb5220b0000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 06:10:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f3b1ecadcbbb5220b0000
To be clear a source means something on the record and reported by anyone hat actually employs a journalist.
Just as an FYI virtual console is actually part owned by Steve Perlman I.e. The OnLive dude duhhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f3a13cadcbb0922130000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 06:06:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f3a13cadcbb0922130000
well basically you, I am still waiting on you citing a confirmed source.
Answerbag? Please dude, let's get really, real.
Cite a source or stfu
Ktnxbyehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f171dccd1d51012060000DaveWriteTue, 15 Mar 2011 03:37:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f171dccd1d51012060000
Flextronics works with Foxconn dude
DIGITIMES
"Electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Flextronics International are expected to start shipping Project Natal devices for Microsoft's' Xbox 360 gaming consoles in August, but mass shipments are estimated to start in 2011, according to industry watchers in Taiwan."
Digitimes
"It reportedly also manufactures Kinect devices for Microsoft."
Geek.com.
"The firm also produces a number of gizmos for other tech giants, stuff like notebooks and computers for Dell and HP, the Amazon Kindle, Motorola cellphones, and most popular gaming consoles, including Sony’s PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, and the Xbox 360 for Microsoft."
<a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/news/foxconn-rumored-to-have-received-order-for-the-fourth-generation-iphone-20091210/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.geek.com/articles/news/foxconn-rumored-to-have-received-order-for-the-fourth-generation-iphone-20091210/</a>
evertig
:Foxconn Electronics has entered the supply chain for Microsoft's game console Xbox 360, although it is not clean which components will be supplied."
Answerbag:
Question : Where are Xbox 360's manufactured?
answer : The Foxconn factory complex in Shenzhen, China, is the manufacturing point for the XBox 360 video game console
<a href="http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2378174#ixzz1GeRgevOp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2378174#ixzz1GeRgevOp</a>
WYTH TECH
"Xbox, Wii, Droid, Kinect, Kindle, Playstation, Nokia phones, Dells, iPhone and iPad all have one thing in common - Foxconn."
<a href="http://wythtech.posterous.com/foxconn-in-a-bind-manufacturing-costs-rise-wi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://wythtech.posterous.com/foxconn-in-a-bind-manufacturing-costs-rise-wi</a>
PC Technic
"One of the largest companies manufacturing electronic devices is Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn from Taiwan. Foxconn manufactured items, such as: Mac mini, iPod, iPhone, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, and Kindle.:"
economic daily news
" Foxconn Electronics reportedly became a supplier of Microsoft's game console Xbox 360, "
Virtual Console:
"Foxconn is a large Chinese electronics company that produce many component for popular computer motherboards. They produce components that are present is the Nintendo Wii and Sony’s Playstation 2, 3, the Microsoft Xbox 360"
Max Console 05-2010
"Rather sad news. The death toll at the Foxconn plant where the Xbox 360 is assembled amongst other devices has risen. The latest death comes from an employee at he plant falling off a building. "
And Flextronics is also cited for labor issues:
"On 29 June 2009, workers staged a demonstration outside the factory of Flextronics in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The workers prevented the access to the factory compound of at least seven busses transporting workers. The demonstrating workers tried to raise attention for a number of pressing labour issues.... The unlawful dismissal of a woman worker denouncing sexual harassment
A third issue concerns a woman worker who had denounced her supervisor for continuing sexual harassment over a year’s time. The woman, who worked as security agent with Flextronics, was hired through employment agency CSIS ".
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who is the idiot again?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f1540cadcbbbf1c0a0000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 03:29:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f1540cadcbbbf1c0a0000
I am willing to support Kinect.
I am even willing to state as a fact you have never shipped a console title. How about it, your linkedin profile vs mine.
Console studios are begging MSFT to let them ship product.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f1480ccd1d51312020000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 03:25:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f1480ccd1d51312020000
You have to keep in mind that Sammy is SAI's bitch now that they have started to let him post.
The sad part is, is that Sammy has never made any money from Apple and yet comments on them.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f13d74bd7c8d819110000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 03:23:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7f13d74bd7c8d819110000
WTF is Cramble?
BTW Michael Pachter has never told Nintendo to release a new system. Pachter has said that any non-phone handheld is DOA.
Please cite where Pachter has said this.
Oh that's right you can't because he has not.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef69ecadcbb3f18210000TruthTue, 15 Mar 2011 01:18:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef69ecadcbb3f18210000
It is always a great feeling when evil ideologists cramble. They couldn't stand that apple is cool had to introduce their own music player. Now they are paying Patcher to tell Nintendo to release a new system, my goodness Microsoft, you behave like an irritating school yard brat; you concentrate on OS systems or one day you might lose that too.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef6674bd7c8ef150a0000ChemTue, 15 Mar 2011 01:17:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef6674bd7c8ef150a0000
Still waiting for you to post your LinkedIn profile you rancid vile twit.
Or are you finally willing to admit you work for an external PR firm that services Apple?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef02c49e2ae7902040000davester13Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:50:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ef02c49e2ae7902040000
Why would you buy a Zune now that WP7 is out?
They are two incompatible platforms w.r.t. apps, so all that's left is music. Microsoft has never indicated the two platforms would ever merge like what Apple has done between the iPod Touch and the iPhone. They've only ever said they would take parts of what is the Zune UI and incorporate those parts into WP7.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7edb58cadcbb2113210000APMon, 14 Mar 2011 23:22:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7edb58cadcbb2113210000
Windows Phone is insecure? Have you noticed the Android rootkit news stories?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed996ccd1d5f708050000ChemMon, 14 Mar 2011 23:14:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed996ccd1d5f708050000
i have actually.
Would love to find out why you think it is a train wreck.
Costs me next to nothing to port from iOS to xna, but hey I can understand if you suck at code you will have issues,http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed56d49e2ae4666010000ChemMon, 14 Mar 2011 22:56:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed56d49e2ae4666010000
msft does pay dividends whilst apple wastes money on iADs and Lalahttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed4f04bd7c8e90f110000ChemMon, 14 Mar 2011 22:54:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed4f04bd7c8e90f110000
citation?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed481cadcbb4312390000ChemicalMon, 14 Mar 2011 22:52:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed481cadcbb4312390000
Dave you are an idiot, the Xbox is made by Flextronics
<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360</a>
If you are going to lie at least make sure the lie cannot be disproven.
Now run along Timmy and let the adults talk.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed1e1ccd1d5d207010000Tim F.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:41:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ed1e1ccd1d5d207010000
And, of course, I meant without voice servicehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec88549e2ae3f58090000ExchaserMon, 14 Mar 2011 22:01:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec88549e2ae3f58090000
The Zune Marketplace is the best... Subscription music plus keep 10 songs to own forever every month. For someone who regularly buys CDs it is a great deal. I like my Zune HD better than any iPod I've ever had, but Apple is too far ahead of the game for people to look at the Zune. I will never use iTunes. I'd rather buy music from Best Buy and rip it before I'd buy from iTunes... My 2 cents...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec7284bd7c8a40d0e0000Jeremy WaMon, 14 Mar 2011 21:55:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec7284bd7c8a40d0e0000
Good riddance to rancid, third rate, monopoly defense trash completely lacking in any unique selling proposition other that it came with the BloatFarm name on it.
From its inception to its unlamented death, it was me-too ratcrap.
(Actually, the brown Zune reminded me acutely of what is between the (Em)ballmer's ears!)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec1ce49e2aeb654010000DavejrcMon, 14 Mar 2011 21:33:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ec1ce49e2aeb654010000
or rather the Nokia Zune phonehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebf1f49e2aeaf473a0000DavejrcMon, 14 Mar 2011 21:21:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebf1f49e2aeaf473a0000
the Nokia - Zune OS :)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebee4cadcbb820f2a0000veggiedudeMon, 14 Mar 2011 21:20:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebee4cadcbb820f2a0000
FoxConn needs to clean up its act for sure, but at least they do something right. Their employee suicide rate is by far much lower than the average in China (cut in half). And for that they should be applauded.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebba64bd7c8a80c060000JorgeMon, 14 Mar 2011 21:06:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ebba64bd7c8a80c060000
I don't believe this one bit... Granted, MSOFT should be focusing more of their time and effort marketing wp7, but to stop production of a pmp that is severely underrated would just be ridiculous. Plus it would mean Microsoft throwing in the towel. They've already stated that they're not killing Zune, so I'll go by their word.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb940cadcbbe40d340000I called itMon, 14 Mar 2011 20:56:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb940cadcbbe40d340000
And here's the next (obvious) call:
Windows / Nokia Phone: the next Zune.
Tried one of these devices as a developer? What a train wreck.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb83bcadcbb730d300000omincoMon, 14 Mar 2011 20:52:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb83bcadcbb730d300000
Wonder if Microsoft employees are going to plan and deliver a formal funeral procession for Zune. Wonder which is next? Perhaps WP7 given the anemic sales.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb0d549e2ae4a43080000daveWriteMon, 14 Mar 2011 20:20:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eb0d549e2ae4a43080000
"my friend works for MSFT they wont use Foxconn due to employee abuse issues"
the xbox is built in Foxconn.
Msft is entwined with Foxconn the Xbox 360 motherboard is code named "Foxconn" !!!!
3D Red Light Xbox Repair Guide
"Microsoft upgraded the motherboard in newer Xbox 360 consoles, such as the “Pro” and “Elite” models, to save space and prevent overheating. The new motherboard design, code named “Foxconn,” does not involve additional steps for BIOS extraction. You can extract your Foxconn Xbox 360 motherboard BIOS in about 10 minutes using freeware software"
LOL,
what's this about msft not using foxconn again?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eac8a49e2ae483a240000RattyUKMon, 14 Mar 2011 20:02:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eac8a49e2ae483a240000
Apple was the only company to send in a team to report on the goings on and then to actually release a report. Still waiting to hear from anyone else on that list...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eabab49e2ae7a3a200000ccneatMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:58:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7eabab49e2ae7a3a200000
Zune is dead, Long Live the Zune.
The Bloomberg article points out that new stand alone Zune MP3 players doe not appear to be in the works, but the service rocks on via WP7, Xbox and PC. How are MP3 players doing globally anyway?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea932cadcbb630c0c0000Bill's wifeMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:48:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea932cadcbb630c0c0000
THAT'S IT! YOU'RE GROUNDED... FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY APPLE PRODUCTS IN THE HOUSE, EVER!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea81f49e2aef2350e0000ChemMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:43:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea81f49e2aef2350e0000
Nice try yourself, my friend works for MSFT they wont use Foxconn due to employee abuse issues, he is actually in charge of compliance i.e. making sure that there are no employee abuses.
Keep in mind that MSFT is one of the best companies in the world from a HR perspective.
Say what you want about their products, but I know dozens of guys that work for Apple, Google, MSFT, etc and MSFT is top dog in terms of how they treat staff and contractors.
I have done projects for both Apple and MSFT, the MSFT guys make me jump through hoops to make sure all of my guys are happy with the project. Apple could not give a crap.
So my statement stands, Apple employs children to make their products.
If you are trying to tell me that because the guys on the list above employee children to make their products, that makes it ok, then great; ship your kids over to China and get them earning.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea041ccd1d5a47d270000geoxMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:09:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7ea041ccd1d5a47d270000
Exactly right Tim. Not only do they not have a PMP base for W7, but they confirm that MS will not stick with a product anymore.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9b894bd7c804080c0000jrMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:49:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9b894bd7c804080c0000
I've been saying the same thing for awhile now. It's the name Windows which to me, reminds me of office work. They need to rebrand and you're right, leave the name Windows out of it!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9ac54bd7c8d307040000RattyUKMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:46:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9ac54bd7c8d307040000
""Hello from Seattle. Model 1125 assembled in China.""
Nice try chem. The Zune is probably made in the same factories...
Foxconn makes consumer electronics for a number of famous-name companies. The following is an incomplete list.
Apple Inc. (United States) [19][7][20]
Acer (Taiwan)
Amazon.com (United States)
Asus (Taiwan)
Intel (United States)
Cisco (United States)
Hewlett-Packard (United States) [21][20]
Dell (United States)
Nintendo (Japan)
Nokia (Finland) [19]
Microsoft (United States)
Sony (Japan)
Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden) [20]
Samsung (Korea)
Vizio (United States)
I admit that I thought the Zune was made by Toshiba and they aren't on the list - but Microsoft seem to be so their hands are at least as dirty as Apples.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9865ccd1d5fe7d020000freddy beeMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:36:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e9865ccd1d5fe7d020000
they do pay a dividend. Billions per annumhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e966ecadcbbe009010000popoMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:27:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e966ecadcbbe009010000
...They should definitely focus on Kinect.
And they should abandon the word "Windows" on all new products, because it consistently rates poorly with consumers.
"Windows Phone 7" is a branding disaster. Why would anyone want a slow, bloated, buggy and insecure phone?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e95b54bd7c85d07020000ChemMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:24:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e95b54bd7c85d07020000
On the plus side MSFT does not employ 12 year old's in factories in China.
They actually have on site compliance officers ID checking all workers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8ffb49e2ae0c24020000lovedmyzuneMon, 14 Mar 2011 18:00:27 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8ffb49e2ae0c24020000
Oh good, another smug Apple fanboy weighs in with name-calling of anyone who bought something different than his i-precious.
Guess the white earbuds win. Way to let a really good product die, Microsoft.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8e4dccd1d5577c0d0000nologinMon, 14 Mar 2011 17:53:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8e4dccd1d5577c0d0000
Version 1.2.4 it will come in Pro, Home, Enterprise and Education editions also available in single user and family packs.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8d8b4bd7c80706040000nologinMon, 14 Mar 2011 17:50:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8d8b4bd7c80706040000
huge unit sales are still small user based when compared to PS3/360/wii stand alones.. thats why developers do multi platform or general console.. more safety in numbers.. they still need a controller device with the kinect for fps or even more in depth sports gameshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e87ec49e2ae3b1e010000GordonMon, 14 Mar 2011 17:26:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e87ec49e2ae3b1e010000
first KIN and now ZUNE?
how many curry smelling H1B Indians will they have to deport?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8779ccd1d5757b030000Tim F.Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:24:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8779ccd1d5757b030000
Haven't you been saying for a year that Google needs an Android PMP without a data service? Why wouldn't the same be true for Microsoft? I would say now is exactly the time they need a Zune (with updated WP7 software minus the Phone). Just because they have executed horrendously for half a decade doesn't make this smart. Also, what they need to be focusing on is actually offering content services in more than 2 countries... No one is ever going to believe they are committed to the market if they are afraid to move beyond North America.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e869049e2ae1b1a0c0000DargoolaMon, 14 Mar 2011 17:20:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e869049e2ae1b1a0c0000
Zune was typical Microsoft wanna-be-cool-ism, trying desperately to shed the Borg-like image. During the roll out they kept hyping how the guy in charge was a manic skateboarder who was in to grunge musichttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e83404bd7c8a8030d0000APoDMon, 14 Mar 2011 17:06:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e83404bd7c8a8030d0000
I've only just bought the Zune HD - since it finally makes sense for me now WP7 is out - and I'm blown away by the media experience. Apps aside, the media experience is VASTLY superior to what Apple offers. You get the best of both worlds - the good of a managed library, without the evils of a piece of software which insists on hogging the file structure to itself.
And the HD actually represents a very cool UX, one that's the most thought out of all the players out there, including - yes, Apple. I know why I couldn't get into Zune earlier, but now I have I'm really happy with it. In terms of portable stash, WP7 for general appery, some media and phone, Zune for the bulk of media stuff.
I for one would love to see an HD2. Failing that, and if this info is real, I'll settle for a phoneless WP7.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8103cadcbbc905090000jar jarMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:56:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e8103cadcbbc905090000
Zune the brand is dead but
where is Microsoft's Xbox mobile that can play xbox live that is faster
then NGP and run office that is not a phone. I bet you they are going to call it
Windows 7 Xbox Live Touch with Kinect.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e80c24bd7c812030c0000Stupid moneyMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:55:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e80c24bd7c812030c0000
microsoft has been pissing away money on catch up, me too tech products for years. If they just stuck to core business and paid a dividend theyd be a better company.
What a waste. Every year, failure. But windows pays for it all.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e806949e2aee50f250000Apple TurnoverMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:54:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e806949e2aee50f250000
Exactly how many knuckleheads bought a Zune HD, anyway? I'm sure, not many.
Microsoft absolutely needs to focus all their attention on WP7 and especially Nokia smartphones. I'm sure Nokia can build some great hardware. The Zune HD seemed like a dead-end product when WP7 came along. I guess the retirement of the Zune will be one less headache for Microsoft. Whether the Zune was a good product or not, it just never caught the consumers' attention. A product like that without something like iTunes is just not going to cut it. So, Zune... R.I.P. May your final resting place be a comfortable and spacious landfill.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7ef5ccd1d50d79110000Bill's kidsMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:47:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7ef5ccd1d50d79110000
We had one but dad thought someone would find out and we'd have guys like Frommer stalking us.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7e41ccd1d57979020000Fred BMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:44:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7e41ccd1d57979020000
Smart move for MS. Media player functions should be consolidated into Win Phone 7.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7e3fccd1d517790f0000JoseMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:44:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7e3fccd1d517790f0000
You would think at least to Bloomberg.com would be included...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7d99ccd1d54579020000Stephen McAteerMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:42:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e7d99ccd1d54579020000
So I'm curious, does Business Insider just repurpose reporting by Paul Thurott and not give credit? He has been saying this for months now...
You're kinda late if you ask me...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e78e049e2ae940a0a0000FedMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:21:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e78e049e2ae940a0a0000
Finally Bill Gates kids will be able to buy an ipodhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e778cccd1d5e777050000joeinmiamiMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:16:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e778cccd1d5e777050000
Kinnect is really nice. The Mrs likes Zumba and our three year old loves Animals and Sports.
Can't wait to see new games for it. Huge unit sales should drive more software development.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e76544bd7c87f7e2e0000Sammy the Walrus IVMon, 14 Mar 2011 16:11:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4d7e76544bd7c87f7e2e0000
a few years late but still a great move.
now they can put all of their efforts to Kinect, since they apparently have sold 25,000,000,000 units (or at least that's what Microsoft fans consistently point out).